We got out two Blaniks and our Citabria tug - coincidentally, it's the towplane with cabin heat. Throughout the short daylight hours today several dozen arrived to fly and did so.
Here's a Blanik, rolling behind the Citabria, plowing through the cloud of snow sprayed up by the tug. By day's end a couple of dozen had rung in 2009 with a glider flight - surely a harbinger of great flights in the coming year. Thanks to everyone who showed up with goodies to share today. Quite literally, there was everything in the clubhouse from soup to nuts after the flying.One of the top questions asked about soaring is, "Can you fly in the winter? It must be cold up there." Yes, it's a cold way to fly. It's also a little harder to push gliders around in the snow and yes, it's absolutely the best way we can think of to look forward to the coming soaring year. SOSA wouldn't be quite the same without its annual New Years Day version of the Polar Bear Club.
